The public sector market is a significant opportunity for social enterprises with a growing trend amongst service commissioners and procurement professionals to engage with the Third Sector.

Tendering for contracts, however, can be a challenging task for organisations and many are put off by what can often be a complex, rules-driven purchasing process with stiff competition from unknown bidders.

Whether looking to become ‘tender ready’ or targeting a specific contract opportunity; this is where we come in. Offering one-to-one business support, our expert team has a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting organisations through the tendering process in areas including:

• Understanding the procurement landscape: ‘who buys what’; the terminology; procurement and tendering processes; legal considerations and tendering rules
• Becoming tender ready
• Identifying opportunities and making best use of procurement portals
• Reviewing and understanding tender documents
• Deciding on whether or not to bid
• Developing contract method statements
• Costing and pricing bids
• Promoting your organisation in your tender
• Responding to Community Benefit Clauses
• Supporting tender preparation
• Presenting professional tenders
• Obtaining feedback from the buyer
• Bidding in partnership or consortia

If you feel we can support your business please contact Sally Gallery on 0141 425 2909 or by email, sally.gallery@ceis.org.uk.